Maintaining Masculinities in Japan’s Transnational Surfscapes: Space, Place, and Gender

IF 2.5 3区 教育学 Q2 HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM
A. Doering, C. Evers
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Abstract

This article examines the local practices, histories, and transnational circulation and exchange of gender ideologies within Japanese surfscapes. A focus on gender in relation to Japanese surf culture is critical as the ways surf spaces in Japan are governed and/or have changed in recent years has as much to do with transnational gender surf ideologies as with its domestic gender norms. More specifically, we examine how gendered ideologies in Japan are mobilized in particular ways depending on the conditions of possibility—the cultural, social, geographical, historical, and networked elements—that comprise any given surfscape. To draw attention to the complexities involved in the relationship between space, place, and gender in Japan, the enquiry is undertaken in a highly localized, territorial, and big-wave surf site in Wakayama Prefecture and surrounding Kansai region. This site has been chosen because of how it localizes a unique mode of trans-Pacific surf culture, thereby offering insight into the nuances, issues, and strategies of social change as surfing continues to evolve in the region. The aim of the analysis is twofold. The first is contextual, highlighting the importance of the culturally and site-specific character of how surf culture and gender relations are assembled in the Japanese context. The second is to offer insight into the specific histories and transnational relationships informing the gendered practices of surfing in Japan today. The intention is to highlight the diversity of surf cultures throughout East Asia and the different ways surfing lifestyles are localized in relation to socio-political-ecological place-making and gender.
在日本的跨国视野中维持男性气概:空间、地点和性别
本文考察了性别意识形态在日本本土的实践、历史和跨国流通与交流。关注与日本冲浪文化相关的性别是至关重要的,因为日本冲浪空间的管理方式和/或近年来发生的变化,与跨国性别冲浪意识形态和国内性别规范一样重要。更具体地说,我们研究了日本的性别意识形态是如何以特定的方式被动员起来的,这取决于可能性的条件——文化、社会、地理、历史和网络元素——构成任何给定的表面。为了引起人们对日本空间、地点和性别之间复杂关系的关注,本次调查是在和歌山县和关西周边地区的一个高度本地化、地域性和大浪冲浪场地进行的。之所以选择这个地点,是因为它是一种独特的跨太平洋冲浪文化模式的本地化,从而提供了对冲浪在该地区不断发展的细微差别、问题和社会变革策略的见解。分析的目的是双重的。首先是语境,强调了在日本语境中冲浪文化和性别关系如何组合的文化和地点特征的重要性。第二部分是提供对特定历史和跨国关系的洞察,为当今日本冲浪的性别实践提供信息。其目的是强调整个东亚冲浪文化的多样性,以及冲浪生活方式在社会政治生态场所制造和性别方面的不同本地化。
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CiteScore
5.20
自引率
4.30%
发文量
11
期刊介绍: Journal of Sport & Social Issues is an indispensable resource that brings together the latest research, discussion, and analysis on contemporary sport issues such as race, media, gender, economics, drugs, recruiting, injuries, and youth sports. Using an international, interdisciplinary perspective, Journal of Sport & Social Issues examines today"s most pressing and far-reaching questions about sport, including: World Cup soccer, gay experience and sport, social issues in sport management, youth sports, sports subcultures. Always provocative, Journal of Sports and Social Issues presents a lively public discussion of the impact of sport on social issues from many perspectives.
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